Noting the lack of enthusiasm Zelig Segal, 79, an artist and another Meretz supporter from the neighborhood, which straddles the predominantly Jewish western side of the city and the contested, Israeli-annexed eastern side where the Palestinian leadership wants to establish the capital of an independent state, said it was still important to vote.

The security council today unanimously deplored the establishment of Israeli settlements in the occupied Arab territories, and declared "invalid" the absorption of eastern Jerusalem into Israel. A consensus statement, in which the United States joined, was read to the council...

"Why would the NY Times chose to adopt an Israeli narrative instead of the narrative adopted by, well, pretty much every other official party in the world and reported previously by the NY Times?" Munayyer writes. "Why does the NY Times omit the word 'occupied' to describe occupied territory?"

This is the first installment in a new feature Munayyer is doing called "NY Times Watch."